Hairyhosebib
New Member
I live in the Phoenix area. There is no such thing as cold water in the summer here. And it does not really help that I have a solar hot water system either. I really hate the summers here and working in the heat and then trying to take a good shower was nearly impossible until I got a water fountain like you drink out of in a public building, a small Taco circulating pump and a couple of used 40 gallon hot water tanks. I bleached out the tanks and plumbed it all together and have 66 degree water at my cold faucets and showers. The fountain chiller is set at the least cold setting. It was a terrible waste of water waiting for some that was cool enough to even stick my head under. I just don't like a hot shower. When I remodeled my house I ran all the waterlines in the attic. I have a hydraulic loop on my hot water line that I brought back from my master bath and tied in to the tank drain with a check valve so I don't have to wait a long time for hot water too. I also ran a return back to my water chiller from the far end too. The return is on the inlet of the circ pump with plenty of check valves to make the water flow the right way through the tanks. My place is a plumbers nightmare! I'm insulating all the waterlines with 1" thick wall fiberglass stick insulation and hand cut angled pieces to make elbows too. It is really hot in my attic now. I started this two months ago but got a piece of wood in my hand and had to have surgery, so I could not do anything for about six weeks. All that time the PVC cold return was laying in my attic not chilled and uninsulated.